sound server problem with ubuntu feisty

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the output requested at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingSoundProblems ? Thanks in advance.

Hello Again and thanks for the quick replay.

here are the output that has been requested:

tail-2:

alex@alex-laptop:~$ tail -2 /proc/asound/oss/sndstat
Mixers:
0: Generic 11c1 Si3054

amixer:

alex@alex-laptop:~$ amixer
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-51.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-51.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Caller ID',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Off-hook',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]

the lspci command return a long string and I couldn't have find the device. I'll pot it on a seprate post.

alex@alex-laptop:~$ cat /etc/asound.conf ~/.asoundrc*
cat: /etc/asound.conf: No such file or directory
cat: /home/alex/.asoundrc*: No such file or directory

the dmsg returned a pretty long string. when I'll be able to restart the machine I will and I'll put here the results

cat /proc/interrupts

alex@alex-laptop:~$ cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0
  0: 18940953 local-APIC-edge-fasteio timer
  1: 21942 IO-APIC-edge i8042
  8: 3 IO-APIC-edge rtc
 12: 2974705 IO-APIC-edge i8042
 14: 545586 IO-APIC-edge ide0
 15: 673703 IO-APIC-edge ide1
 16: 4 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394, yenta, tifm_7xx1, sdhci:slot0, sdhci:slot1, sdhci:slot2
 17: 4349 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb1, ohci_hcd:usb2, ehci_hcd:usb3, eth0
 18: 318 IO-APIC-fasteoi HDA Intel
 19: 3790944 IO-APIC-fasteoi ra0
 21: 5102 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
NMI: 0
LOC: 18940810
ERR: 0
MIS: 0

here is the lspci output:

alex@alex-laptop:~$ lspci -nv
00:00.0 0600: 1002:5a31 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: 1854:0023
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64

00:01.0 0604: 1002:5a3f (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
        Memory behind bridge: d0100000-d01fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d4000000-d7ffffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:07.0 0604: 1002:5a39 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
        Memory behind bridge: d0200000-d02fffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:13.0 0c03: 1002:4374 (rev 80) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: 1854:0023
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
        Memory at d0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:13.1 0c03: 1002:4375 (rev 80) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: 1854:0023
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
        Memory at d0005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:13.2 0c03: 1002:4373 (rev 80) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: 1854:0023
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
        Memory at d0006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:14.0 0c05: 1002:4372 (rev 81)
        Subsystem: 1854:0023
        Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
        I/O ports at 8400 [size=16]
        Memory at d0007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

00:14.1 0101: 1002:4376 (rev 80) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: 1854:0023
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
        I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
        I/O ports at 8410 [size=16]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:14.2 0403: 1002:437b (rev 01)
        Subsystem: 1854:0023
        Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
        Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:14.3 0601: 1002:4377 (rev 80)
        Subsystem: 1854:0023
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

00:14.4 0604: 1002:4371 (rev 80) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=0e, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
        Memory behind bridge: d0300000-d03fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 20000000-23ffffff

01:05.0 0300: 1002:5a42 (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: 1854:0023
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
        Memory at d4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
        Memory at d0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    ...

Guys I faced a similar problem....
I do chmod 666 /dev/snd/* & that brings the sound back to life. hope this helps.
(I am running whatever libs are available out there for feisty.)

I don't if it will be sent to the web page but I hope so...
I tried the chmod thingy but get the same resloults.
does it mean we have a totaly difrent problem?

On 4/2/07, mayhemt <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Guys I faced a similar problem....
> I do chmod 666 /dev/snd/* & that brings the sound back to life. hope this
> helps.
> (I am running whatever libs are available out there for feisty.)
>
> --
> sound server problem with ubuntu feisty
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/97023
>

hello agian.

I just have replaced my hard drive and reinstalled ubuntu feisty on my machine (the same disc I downloaded about two months ago).

after the installation has complete there whare no sound problems but I updated the data and then, once again, I got the same error messege.

if there is any one handling this I belive this data would help.

also, I'll try and download a stable version of fesity and not a bata version to check this out.

I have the same problem as above. The problem seems to be that the sound card is not recognized anymore. There is no sound but the system bell.

I use a centrino laptop. The sound-card must be the i810 from Intel. I use Kubuntu since october 2005 and upgraded every new release. - This is the first new install I think.

I've had various other difficulties with the install-CD from Kubuntu because linux didn't start after showing grub. I could manage it without acpi (acpi=off at the bootprompt) and only with the old debian-installer. This might be a different thing, but might also be related to the problem with the sound.

I've had similar problems with the latest two Knoppix versions which seems to point at the linux-source. On the other hand I have had not problems with a now uptodate Mepis-Live-CD which builds upon Kubuntu.

Here are some informations:
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tail -2 /proc/asound/oss/sndstat

Mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
---------------------------------------
amixer
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device
---------------------------------------
asoundconf list
Names of available sound cards:
---------------------------------------
cat /etc/asound.conf ~/.asoundrc*
cat: /etc/asound.conf: No such file or directory
cat: /home/sputnik/.asoundrc*: No such file or directory
---------------------------------------
 cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0
  0: 2820893 XT-PIC-XT timer
  1: 8930 XT-PIC-XT i8042
  2: 0 XT-PIC-XT cascade
  4: 0 XT-PIC-XT ehci_hcd:usb4
  5: 1563961 XT-PIC-XT uhci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb3, ohci1394, eth1, eth0, i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
  6: 5 XT-PIC-XT floppy
  7: 3 XT-PIC-XT parport0
  8: 3 XT-PIC-XT rtc
 12: 1936104 XT-PIC-XT i8042
 14: 88214 XT-PIC-XT libata
 15: 0 XT-PIC-XT libata
NMI: 4360
LOC: 2820624
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
-------------------------------------

The outputs of lspci and dmesg are attached.

I have also reported the acpi-problem which could be related: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/83290

It unfortunately appears that this bug is not yet resolved. Does this issue still exist in the Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS release? If so, the Intrepid Ibex 8.10 Alpha2 is also scheduled for release today. It will appear at the following when available: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha2 . It contains the actively developed 2.6.26 Ubuntu kernel. It would be great if you could test this upcoming release via a LiveCD and verify if the issue still exists. If so, please include the appropriate debugging information as outlined at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems . Thanks in advance.

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

Leann,

thanks for remembering! - In my own special case this seems to be fixed. I can not confirm the bug any more since Hardy Heron. It may have been gone on my Asus M2N (i810) with the above already mentioned bug ( https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/83290 ). However - I can ofcourse not speak for others who had a similar problem...

Sorry for reporting this so latley. There has been a lot of other things around in the meantime.

Thanks for time and work!

Thanks for the udpate. Yotama9, since you are the original bug reporter can you comment if this is resolved for you. We'll keep this open against the actively developed kernel but against 2.6.20 this will be closed as it does not qualify for a stable release update - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates . Thanks.

Hi guys,

As Ubuntu stopped supporting my video card I couldn't check any thing (working now on mandriva 2009). If ubuntu 8.10 will be out with the new kernel I'll wait for it's first beta and install it.

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!